Display-rack.



F. C. WARDROP.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNEBT. 1916.

' Patented Dec. 18, 1917.

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FRANK c. wannnor; or ELKO, NEVADA.

DISPLAY-RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK C. WARDROP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elko, in the county of Elko and State of Nevada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to display racks in general and has to do particularly with store furniture and racks or stands for holding merchandise in the form of rolls.

One object of the invention is to provide improved means for holding and dispensing woven Wire in rolls, paper, floor coverings, or any other material which necessitates the handling of large and heavy rolls of merohandise.

The invention includes a frame or rack to hold rollsof merchandise, novel means of using the weight of the roll to prevent the unrolling thereof, a limit stop, and further novel details of construction which will be described in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the appendeddrawings, in which, 7 t

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of the rack illustrating the horizontal and oblique tracks with the rod thereon.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

1 represents the frame standards which may be mounted on the base and provided with rollers if desired. 2 represents the .L shaped horizontally mounted parallel run- Way supporting tracks, the lateral projecting edge 3 of the members 2 on each side of the frame facing inwardly to provide a track for the end of the axial rod l. At the end of the horizontal members 2 the invention provides a continuation extending downwardly at any convenient angle. This continuation is formed by a E shaped channel track 5 having a vertical wall in the same vertical plane with the vertical wall of the track 2. The lower lateral edge 5 is a continuation of a lateral edge 3, and the upper ledge 5 serves to prevent the ends of the rod 4 from rolling off of the frame in event'that the incline of the track member 5 should be abrupt. A rod 6 joins the lower ends of the member 5 and serves as a combined brace for these members and a limit stop for the axial rod i and the roller material carried thereby.

The manner of use of the rack will be understood from the followin explanation. The axial rod 4: is placed in the roll of mer Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 18 1917. Application filed June 27, 1916. Serial llTo. 106,097.

chandise or wire cloth which may be used and the roll and rod are placed on the horizontal parallel tracks 2, upon the bottom of which there is the projecting edge 3. These edges hold the rod and roll and furnish a track upon which to move the roll back or forth. Theroll is moved forward and the rod l traveling on the edge 3 enters the E channel 5 into whichthe parallel rests 3 merge. These channels are inclined downwardly and are so constructed that they will hold the rod and roll in place and yet permit the roll to drop down until the outer edge of the roll will rest against the tension rod or limit stop 6. Gravity will force the roll against the rod and the weight of the material will hold the roll so tightly against the rod that the material may not unwind. When it is necessary to cut off a portion of the roll, the end'of the material may be grasped by the operators hand and pulled out and over the rod or under the same Without the danger of the uncoiling of the whole roll.

It will be observed that the vertical wall of the L and E members will limit the endwise movement of the member 4 and prevent damage to the lateral edges of the roll of merchandise on the rod.

The rack may be used as a stock rack in which case rolls of merchandise -may be placed on their respective axial rods upon the track 3 extending horizontally and when the roll and rod in the channel 5 have been removed,one of the rolls on the horizontal rests may be moved into the channel. The invention contemplates the construction of the device so that it will taper toward the top. using different size racks to accommodate the narrower widths of the screen or roll without loss of space. As illustrated the rack may be double'and Provided with downwardly projecting channel members at either end of the horizontal L members.

From the foregoingit will be obvious that the present invention "provides a novel and useful form of display racks. The advan tage is evident in the elimination of labor and time in dispensing with the trouble and inconvenience of handling entire rolls of heavy merchandise, Wire screening or other heavy material each time it is necessary to cut off a portion. The invention provides an obvious improvement over the manner now in use in which the roll must be. placed on the counter or floor .and the necessary.

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amounts unrolled, coincident to which the entire package often unrolls or becomes loose and must be tightened on its individual coils and rerolled before returning to its rack.

What I claim is:

1. In a display rack of the character described, a main supporting frame, a plurality of horizontal and parallel runway supports mounted on said frame, oblique runway supports extending downwardly and outwardly from the ends of each of said horizontal supports and as continuations thereof, an axial rod arranged to travel on said horizontal and oblique supports, and a vertical wall on said oblique and horizontal supports extending the length thereof and constituting lateral guide means for centering said rod on said supports and preventing endwise movement of said rod, said supports being spaced apart and parallel to each other and said axial rod bridging the space between said supports.

2. In a display rack of the character described, a main supporting frame, a plurality of horizontal and parallel runway supports mounted on said frame, oblique runway supports extending downwardly and outwardly from the ends of each of said horizontal supports and as continuations thereof, an axial rod arranged to travel on said horizontal and oblique supports, a vertical wall on said oblique and horizontal supports extending the length thereof and corn stituting lateral guide means for centering said rod on said supports and preventing endw-ise movement of said rod, and a cross rod connecting the lower ends of said oblique supports and constituting a limit .stop for said axial rod, said supports being spaced apart and parallel to each other and said axial rod bridging the space between said supports,

3. In a display rack of the character described, a plurality of sets of metal runway supports arranged in parallel vertical planes and spaced apart, each set including a horizontally mounted L shaped metal track having at one end as a continuation thereof a downwardly extending i: shaped metal track, and an axial rod arranged to travel on said supports and bridge the space between the same, the vertical walls of said horizontal and downwardly extending tracks being in approximately the same vertical plane and the bases of each being continuous.

4. In a display rack of the character described, a plurality of sets of metal runway supports arranged in parallel vertical planes and spaced apart, each set including a horizontally mounted L shaped metal track having at one end as a continuation thereof a downwardly extending E shaped metal track, and an axial rod arranged to travel on said supports and bridge the space between the same, the vertical walls of said horizontal and downwardly extending tracks being in approximately the same vertical plane and the bases of each being continu .ons, the upper lateral extension of said downwardly extending track projecting over the end of said axial rod and preventing the movement of the same from the track.

5,. in a display rack of the character described, a plurality of sets of metal runway supports arranged in parallel vertical planes and spaced apart, each set including a horizontally mounted L shaped metal track having at one end as a continuation thereof a downwardly extending E shaped metal track, an axial rod arranged to travel on said supports and bridge the space between the same, and a limit stop for said axial rod adjacent the lower end of said downwardly extending track-s comprising a horizontal rod connecting each set of tracks to limit the downward movement of saidaxial rod, the vertical walls of said horizontal and said downwardly extending tracks being in approximately the same vertical plane, the bases of each being continuous.

6. In a display rack of the character de scribed, a main supporting frame, a plurality of horizontal and parallel run way supports constituting storage supports mounted on said frame, oblique run way supports extending downwardly and outwardly from the ends of each of said horizontal storage supports and as continuations thereof, an axial rod arranged to travel on said horizontal and oblique supports, and a vertical wall on said oblique and horizontal supports extending the length thereof and constituting lateral guide means to center said axial rod on said supports and prevent endwise movement of said rod, said supports being spaced apart and parallel to each other and said axial rod bridging the space between said supports.

7. In a display rack of the character described, a main supporting frame, a plurality of horizontal and parallel run way supports constituting storage supports mounted on said frame, oblique run way supports extending downwardly and outwardly from the ends of each of said horizontal storage supports anda-s continuations thereof, an axial rod arranged to support rolls of material and travel on said horizontal and oblique supports, and a cross rod connecting the lower end of said oblique supports comprising a limit stop against which the material of the rolls is adapted to rest, said supports being spaced apart and parallel to each other and said axial rod bridging the space between said supports.

8. In a display rack, a combined storage and display rack comprising a main upright supporting frame having display racks on each side thereof, a plurality of horizontal and parallel runway supports, oblique run way supports extending as continuations of said horizontal supports downwardly and outwardly from each end of said horizontal supports and on opposite sides of said main frame, said oblique supports on opposite ends of each horizontal support lying in the same vertical plane so that a roll of material may be moved from one side of the rack to the other without axial movement of the roll, a rod arranged to carry a roll of material and travel on said supports, and

a limit stop at the lowermost ends of said oblique supports, said horizontal supports providing storage space for rolls of material and said oblique members constituting dis- 15 EDWIN E. OAINE.

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Washington, D. G. 

